Jason and Stephen gush over more Pluto photos and wish some Mars hardware a happy birthday before interviewing Rachel Binx from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

• Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
• ISS Finder: A simple and beautiful way to track the International Space Station.

Guest Starring:

Rachel Binx

Links and Show Notes

• The Rich Color Variations of Pluto - NASA
• Large version of Pluto photo
• Perplexing Pluto: New ‘Snakeskin’ Image and More from New Horizons - NASA
• India's 1st Mars Mission Celebrates One Year at Red Planet
• ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission Objectives
• ISRO Orbital Vehicle
• NASA's MAVEN Celebrates One Year at Mars
• Watching The Martian on Space Station
• Nine Real NASA Technologies in 'The Martian'

Interview with Rachel Binx

Rachel Binx is a data visualizer, developer, and designer. She works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California.

• Rachel's website
• Jet Propulsion Lab
• Rachel Binx, Meshu/Gifpop! - XOXO Festival (2014)
• Rachel Binx: Making sense (and art) of big data - The Daily Dot
• Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) - NASA
• Cassini
• SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) Radar
• Dawn space probe